I find that sometimes, even when the person has a perfectly legible kanji tattooed on them, it still doesn't mean what they think it means. For example, my friend had a beautifully done kanji on her arm. It looked like real shoudo was put directly on her. She asked me what it meant, and I told her "princess" and she looked absolutely crestfallen. Apparently she had wanted something different, but I never found out what that was.

becki_kanou wrote:Well-You guys can laugh at me if you want. I have a tattoo of Doraemon!

NOpe, we laugh at those that get random kanji without knowing what it is. You know, like backwards kanji, or nonsensical (name) kanji.. or kanji that isn't really kanji.. That's the stuff that makes me laugh.

I really like the full body, picture art type stuff. You know, what you'd find on the old school Yakuza.. those are slick.